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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 1, 2001Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2001, 4:36 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2001, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2001, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 4:50 PM CDTHail 0.88Mapleton, MN
May 1, 4:50 PM CDTHail 0.88Blue Earth, MN
May 1, 4:55 PM CDTHail 1.5Garden City, MN
May 1, 4:55 PM CDTTornado F0Mapleton, MNTouched down in open field. No damage reported.
May 1, 5:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EMapleton, MNDamage induced by rear flank downdraft per NWS damage survey. A few dozen trees down.
May 1, 5:12 PM CDTHail 1.25Bricelyn, MN
May 1, 5:15 PM CDTHail 1.75St Clair, MN
May 1, 5:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Kiester, MN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2001-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2001-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 012138
SVRMSP

MNC043-079-103-012215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES WEST OF VERNON CENTER...OR ABOUT 18
  MILES EAST OF ST JAMES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MANKATO.
  BLUE EARTH.
  CLEVELAND.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin61 min
May 1, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley51 min
May 1, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur39 min
May 1, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth25 min
May 1, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver35 min
May 1, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca39 min
May 1, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin47 min
May 1, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn42 min
May 1, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin24 min
May 1, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele48 min
May 1, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington55 min
May 1, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWaseca23 min
May 1, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago41 min
May 1, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele, Waseca42 min
May 1, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington29 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.